TikTok to Monetize Viral Content Through VR Partnership
Popular social media company TikTok found a new way to monetize viral content on its platform: virtual restaurants. The company is partnering with Virtual Dining Concepts to launch 300 “TikTok Kitchen” by March 2022, with plans to open 1,000 locations by the end of...
Half of U.S. Consumers Now Using Meal Delivery as Sales Grow
Restaurant meal delivery in the U.S. hit a key milestone before the holidays, as 50 percent of American consumers have now ordered from one of the major meal delivery services, up from 44 percent a year ago, according to the latest figures from Bloomberg Second...
Reef Inks Partnership to Expand in Middle East, North Africa
Reef is kicking 2022 off with a bang, announcing a joint venture with Americana Group, the largest food and beverage operator in the Middle East. Together, the two companies will open new ghost kitchen facilities in the Middle East and North Africa regions that...
White Rhino Raises Millions for L4 Autonomous Delivery
White Rhino, a Beijing-based autonomous delivery vehicle manufacturer, has raised nearly $8 million through a recent Series A funding round. It’s the company’s second million-dollar funding round in the last six months. Like Nuro, which is now valued at $8.6 billion,...
GM Shows off BrightDrop Delivery EVs at CES
General Motors was one of many automakers using this year’s Consumer Electronics Show to debut new electric vehicles. On the delivery side, GM’s BrightDrop last-mile delivery division showed off its fleet of electric delivery vans, and announced huge reservations from...
Outstanding Operators
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